Transgender woman Roz Dickson won’t have to divorce her wife of more than two decades to change the gender on her birth certificate after laws were passed in state Parliament.

The Brisbane resident transitioned to live as a woman at the age of 47, after having two children with her wife Kathy.

Brisbane’s Roz Dickson will be able to change the gender marker on her birth certificate without having to have a divorce after laws passed in state Parliament on Wednesday.

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Under restrictions in the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registrations Act 2003, Ms Dickson had faced having to divorce her wife of 28 years in order to change the gender marker on her birth certificate.

Section 22 of the act meant any Queenslander who had undergone sex reassignment surgery had to divorce their partner to have their gender legally recognised.

The restriction was a hangover from when same-sex marriage was illegal.